Ok, so I’m falling prey to the eBay bug. I’ve simply got too much junk in my house and some of it has to go. I started out with my AD&D stuff since I don’t play any more, and don’t foresee playing in the future at all.

After about 6 trips to the post office for postage and mailing, I finally get tired of it and bought myself a Dymo Labelwriter so that I could do the whole “Internet postage” thing and mail directly from my house. Unfortunately, finding Internet postage labels for it around here is a little difficult, so on Sunday, I ordered a roll of 2 5/16″ x 7″ labels 2nd day delivery, straight from Dymo.com…

Knowing that UPS sucks, I put the obligatory “UPS, Please ring doorbell” sign on my front door.

(this is where it gets interesting…)

This morning, while taking out the trash, I trip, stumble, and almost break my leg over a “lump” sitting in the middle of my front porch. Recovering, I notice that the package from Dymo was sitting there, completely a pile of mush having been subjected to rain and morning dew. …. And the illiterate, overpaid f*cker from UPS had not rung the goddamned bell despite a huge 8.5 x 11 sign in 96 point font in plain view taped on the door…

I sincerely wish people would stop using UPS, and that vendors would stop forcing UPS on us normal folks. They suck. Plain and simple, and will NEVER get my sympathy vote the next time those assholes go out on strike because “they’re underpaid”.

By means of comparison, the lady who delivers my mail from USPS (Betty) knows me by name and has NEVER, NOT ONCE failed to stop, ring the doorbell, and wait for me to acknowledge the delivery of ANY package, whether or not a signature has been required.